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Mill Falls News
January 20, 2017
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Upcoming Events

1/24
Lower El ASL Club
3-4pm

McIntyre Ski Club
3-6pm

1/26
Upper El ASL Club
3-4pm

1/27
Pizza Friday!

North America Study
8:30-9:30am

1/31
Lower El ASL Club
3-4pm

McIntyre Ski Club
3-6pm

2/1
Chess Club
3-4pm

2/2
Upper El ASL Club
3-4pm

2/3
Pizza Friday

Read-In: Glacier, Everglades & Zion
8:15-8:45am

Upper Elementary Dance
6-8pm

Please click here for our online Google calendar.

Party hat made
out of an egg crate in Art Class!
CORPORATE SPONSORS

We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing contributions from the following corporate partners: 

 

 

 

 

 Check This Out, Mate...

Our 2017 Lottery Enrollment  is now well underway. We have over 120 applications thus far! Thank you for sharing news of the Lottery with your families, friends and neighbors. Our next information session is on  Tuesday, February 7 at 9am. We are still looking for Parent Ambassadors for that morning. Please click here if you are able to help out at this or future Info Sessions!

A reminder that siblings of currently enrolled students  must be entered in the Lottery if they are to be part of our enrollment system. Please complete one Lottery Enrollment Application per child.

A reminder, too, to our currently enrolled families... Intent to Continue Forms are due on or before NEXT Friday, January 27th. Thank you for your cooperation in helping us plan for next year. 
Please click here if you need another copy of the form. 

Any chance you are the family who paid $54 in cash for your Spirit Wear order, but didn't put your name or your child's name on your order form? If so, please send Susanne a note to claim your goods!

We are super excited to be kicking off our first  After School Chess Club!  The club is for both experienced and inexperienced chess players and will be lead by Ms. Celia. Please click here to read the flyer that was sent home in backpacks today.


We are looking forward to our Classroom Open House on January 27th when the students will share some of the work generated recently during the All-School Study of North America We invite parents, families and friends to come in and warm up from  8:30-9 for tea/coffee  and some adult time while the children set up their classrooms.  The Classroom Tours will run from 9-3:30am. 

A reminder to our Upper Elementary families that we will hold our  Upper Elementary Dance 
on February 3rd from 6-8pm . 
The student Dance Committee led by Ms. Colleen, Lead Teacher in the Zion Room, are deep into the planning stages. Please click here to see the flyer/pizza form that went home in backpacks today. 

Parents, if you can lend a hand,  please click here to review the students' decoration and food requests!


Pizza Friday forms for February went home in backpacks today, to be due next Friday, January 27th.  Click here for an extra copy of the form.
Many thanks!!! 
 Ongoing Projects of Generosity!

A few things of note coming up related to the spirit of giving...

Winter Food Drive...for our New Food Pantry!
Each Winter, the MFCS Community participates in a food drive.  This year, y our donations will directly support members of our school community!



2017 Coat Drive
Mill Falls will be collecting clean, gently worn coats (any size) starting January 9th until January 30th!  Please drop them off in the donation box in the front lobby.  Please click here to see the flyer. 

2017 Calendar Raffle:
MFCS Parent, Lisa Zonfrillo, is already hard at work collecting exciting and enticing raffle items for our 2017 Calendar Raffle. She has now secured sponsorship for the printing of the Calendars - thanks Rachel M for your help with that!

Help Still Needed:  If you have any great gift certificates that you'd be willing to donate to the Calendar Raffle, please email Lisa or drop them off at the MFCS front desk! 
Thank you!
Montessori in Motion












 
Our 4th graders studied the effectiveness of fat as an insulator...
u tilizing Crisco as the 'fat' protecting their hands in ice water.





February Fun

First Lego League Celebration: On February 8th, the FLL Team will be celebrating their 2016 Season at Sky Zone - Manchester's indoor trampoline park - and they invite MFCS Families to join the celebration on that Early Release Day. You may purchase your tickets now while supplies last at the Mill Falls Front Desk! 
Every Kid in a Park!
  Attention Fourth Grade Students & Families...

Click here to explore a wonderful website about our National Parks.  There you can marvel at the St. Louis Arch, the Florida Keys, and the Frederick Douglass house. Listen to wolves howl. Walk in dinosaur tracks. Look up into the inky night sky, and reach for the stars!
These national treasures belong to all of us - including you!

President Barack Obama created Every Kid in a Park so fourth graders and their families could discover our wildlife, resources, and history for free. Follow the link which may also lead to free passes to national parks! Enjoy!